Oman non-oil exports to UAE, Saudi surge up to 93%

Total non-oil exports rise 8.5% in first eight months of 2013 to $6.78bn, according to official data

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By Beatrice Thomas

Tue 07 Jan 2014 01:13 PM

Oman’s expansion of non-oil economic activities has seen trade with its large neighbouring economies, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, grow up to 93 percent last year, a report shows.

Data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed Oman's total non-oil exports recorded an 8.5 percent year-on-year rise to OR2.33 billion ($6.78bn) in the first eight months of 2013.

Of that, non-oil exports to the UAE grew by 24.4 percent to OR428 million, making the emirates Oman’s biggest non-oil trading partner, the Muscat Daily reported.